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Ventara is an alternate dimension that exists behind all mirrors. For everything
that exists on Earth, there is a copy of it on Ventara as well, and more. The alien General Xaviax invaded Ventara and began a war to conquer it. To defend themselves, the Ventarans created twelve armored superheroes, the Kamen Riders, who use
individual Advent Deck cards to command powerful Contract Beasts for attack and defense Xaviax defeated all but one of the Kamen Riders and stole their Advent Decks, eventually conquering Ventara as well Unfortunately, because the Ventaran Riders had all been defeated 0026 amp;.. Vented (banished
forever into the Advent Void), Xaviax had to find the genetic equivalents on Earth since the Advent Decks were DNA-locked. Finding specific humans on Earth, Xaviax disguises himself as a different person each time, and tricks them into serving him. One Advent
Deck, however, fell into the hands of a young man on Earth whom Xaviax did not choose, named Kit Taylor. Working together with Len, the mysterious original Kamen Rider Wing Knight, Kit reluctantly uses his own Advent Deck to become Kamen Rider Dragon Knight
in order to find his disappeared father, and stop General Xaviax and the ten other corrupted 0026 amp;.... selfish Kamen Riders from conquering Earth

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" Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight " is based on the original TV series, " Kamen Rider Ryuki " ( University of surface LITE inter ? Dragoon , " Masked Rider Dragon-knight "), which aired in 2002 as part of the long running Kamen Rider franchise in Japan. It is produced by newcomer Adness Entertainment, Ltd
. in close association with Ishimori Production, Inc. and Toei Company, Ldt. [both of which make the original tokusatsu franchise].

Even though Bandai is making the toys for "
... Dragon Knight ", they are all completely new remolds from those that they originally released during" ... Ryuki ", and so they will all differ in size, features, and materials
from their Japanese counterparts.

Drew Lansing first appeared in Episode 4- " A Rider's Challenge ", but is formally introduced in Epsiode 5- " The Power of Two <
/ i> ". He is a con-artist on Earth who was recruited by Xaviax to convert other Riders for him. Because he was under threat for his crimes on Earth, Xaviax held that against him to insure his loyalty. If Drew served faithfully
, he would become a general in Xaviax's army after he had conquered Earth. One of his first assignments was to trick newcomer Kit Taylor into thinking that the last surviving Ventaran, Kamen Rider Wing Knight, was actually the enemy of Earth, and that Xaviax was
in fact trying to help them all

As the green 0026 amp;.. silver-colored Kamen Rider Torque, Drew draws on the power of his Contract Monster- a slow but heavily armed minotaur called Magnugiga Some of his Advent
Card attacks include Launch Vent and Shoot Vent, which use pieces of Magnugiga to form larger-sized projectile weapons for Kamen Rider Torque. To activate his Advent Deck cards, he slides them into his hand-held Magnuvisor blaster gun.

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Magnugiga is 5" tall, and is composed of green 0026 amp;. silver ABS plastic, with PVC plastic only in the head As a Contract Beast, it is expected that it should be bigger than a human.
Its bulky and sharp-edged armor mirrors that of Kamen Rider Torque's, again giving it an industrial, heavily-reinforced look like a military machine would have Though it has the golden horns, bulky [re: muscular]. chest, and black angular hooves
of a minotaur, the similarities end there. While both shoulders and upper arms are the same, the left arm has a giant pair of silver claws with a gold-painted multi-barrel cannon in between, while the right arm ends in a long single
silver 0026 amp;. gold cannon barrel Paint apps are rather sparse, with only silver, black, and gold represented

For a 5 "figure that serves only as an accessory to another set rather than as a stand-alone, I suppose the restriction on posing is to be expected The neck, both shoulders 0026 amp;. elbows, and the claws are all free
-turning single-axis joints.

While a plain-clothes version of Drew Lansing is also provided (see below), this set's primary function is to augment the 4 " Kamen Rider Torque action figure. Like all Contract Beasts, Magnugiga separates parts of itself when commanded to by Torque's Advent Decks cards in order to provide its master with additional weaponry. For example, the Shoot Vent card turns Magnugiga's legs into large over-the-shoulder cannons
; the Launch Vent separates both of its arms to form a long under-the-arm artillery cannon All Contract Beasts do this for the Kamen Riders- detaching parts of themselves to augment their masters' abilities- though this is done in different ways..
Sounds cool, right?

Well, the problem is, this set does none of those
things! The only augmentation you can accomplish is to separate Magnugiga's head from its body, fold down a little green cover, and then attach the green peg to Kamen Rider Torque's right vambrace armor on his lower arm. This
, supposedly, gives Torque a crossbow-like shooting weapon ... which he does not have in the series [nor in the Japanese version of the series]!

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While separating pieces of itself is a downplayed gimmick in the series (and with the toys), all Contract Beasts can be summoned for a powerful and unique finishing attack,
called the Final Vent- where they help their Kamen Rider master destroy a specific target in an overwhelming combined-effort assault.

For Kamen Rider Torque's Final Vent, Magnugiga appears in front of him, and deploys all of its
available weapons. Then Torque plugs his Magnuvisor laser gun into the Contract Beast's back and pulls the trigger- unleashing an alpha strike of missiles, lasers, and cannon shots.

While all of the other Vent weapons can not be recreated
, the Final Vent can be because it requires nothing to be separated from Magnugiga's body. Both lower arms are pointed forward, and the claws are opened. Next, a pair of cannons folds out from inside its lower legs. Then, Magnugiga's silver torso armor
opens up to reveal an array of 56 micro-missiles! And finally, you can take the Kamen Rider Torque figure and have him plug his Magnuvisor into Magnugiga's, well ... backside. This is Kamen Rider Torque's Final Vent, and it is the only arrangement from the show that can be successfully implemented with these two sets.

( FYI: in Japan, there were larger 6 "versions of Kamen Rider Zolda and Magnugiga which could swap parts like in" Kamen Rider Ryuki "to resemble the various Advent Card attacks )

The 3" plain
-clothes version of Drew Lansing has him in a dark green t-shirt which shows off his muscular build, and he's wearing black pants 0026 amp; shoes Though all Kamen Riders carry their Advent Deck holders on their person at all times, the Advent Belt.
is not visible. However, here Drew's blank Advent Belt is visible, with two holes on the side for- um ... whatever you want to plug in there.

The figure has only three points of articulation- free-
turning single-axis joints at his shoulders and neck. None of the figure is meant to pop-off, so if something comes off, it's stayin 'off!

( You can tell that the head
is the only customized part on this whole figure- the body is generic for use by other characters in other sets. How do I know this? Simple- Drew is not that muscular in the show! He also ...
? does not look much like ... Captain Kirk )

All " Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight " toys carry a unique Advent Deck card related to the character they are
packaged with. Then, when you purchase the electronic Kamen Rider Dragon Knight Dragvisor role-playing set (# 33971, sold separately), you can take the Advent Cards and insert them into it to create one of 15
unique sound effects!

For this set, you get Kamen Rider Torque's Guard Vent Advent Card, which provides an additional 3000 defense points against any attack. To use the Shield Vent card, Torque removes it from his Advent Belt
. and places it into his Magnuvisor gun This commands his Contract Beast, Magnugiga, to separate the front of its torso to become a giant shield for Torque

( Regretfully though understandably, they did not make a full-sized version of Torque's Magnuvisor
gun, only Dragon Knight's Dragvisor. So, when I get the Dragvisor, I will demonstrate the Guard Vent card then. )

The only reason you want to buy this set is because the Contract Beast
can interact with the equivalent 4 "Kamen Rider action figure. The human figure is only a small bonus, but is too generic-looking to be of any significance beyond simply having the plain-clothes version of a Kamen Rider. If it would have allowed
the Contract Beast figure to be more versatile, I would gladly have sacrificed the second figure to get those extra Vent accessories! Why else would you have those Kamen Rider figures with all the extra unused holes if not to attach stuff to them!?
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The biggest disappointment for me, by far,
in getting this set was that Magnugiga could not separate parts of himself to attach to Torque! I was concerned less about posing since it does not move about much in the series to begin with. While it's good that you can recreate the Final Vent
pose, not being able to recreate the Shoot Vent or Launch Vent really irked me to no end. With a little ingenuity, I'm sure it could have easily been pulled off for the same price! I mean- what in the hell is that
head-weapon supposed to be anyways ??? If Bandai ever gets around to making a larger version of Kamen Rider Torque and Magnugiga someday in the future (most-unlikely since this is a villain character), I hope they read this review before they
start designing it. Despite bashing the Drew figure, I thought the Advent Belt and pants were well-sculpted. ( I'm not gonna say anything at all about how that soooo does not look
like Drew's head. Clearly casting for the character had not been completed when they started working on that head ... ) For a simplified version of the Contract Beast, I think a little more effort could have been put forward, and then I
would have been full of praise. But, other than a lack of show-accurate features, I can not really find anything outstandingly-wrong with the Magnugiga and Drew set.

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